Richard Burkert
Richard Burkert
bad consequences knew people spring talked
People knew it was a bad dam. People talked every spring that it was going to break. They just didn't know what the consequences would be.
community faced lives man nature throw worst
Here's a community that faced the worst that man or nature could throw at it, but they were able to put their lives back to normal.
biggest disaster late
It's more than just a disaster. It was the biggest story of the late 19th century.
affected fresh painful people personal profound
This was new and fresh and painful for people at that time. This affected Americans in a profound and personal way.
echo relentless town
There was just a relentless echo in the newspaper. This town was going to be rebuilt and be even better.
clear community order period prolonged reasonable
If you can see your community getting back to order in a reasonable period of time, it'll recover. If there's a kind of prolonged period where it's not clear if life's ever going to go back to normal, those communities don't do as well.